baritone

a male singer the second lowest adult male singing voice the second lowest brass wind instrument lower in range than tenor and higher than bass

"a baritone voice"

"baritone oboe"

''This is an article on the voice type. For information about the musical instrument commonly referred to as a Baritone, see Baritone horn. For other instruments, see Baritone instruments.''Vocal range In music, a baritone is a male voice of intermediate pitch, between bassobass and tenor. It is typically written for in the range A one octave and a third below middle C to F above middle C (i.e. A2-F4), though it is often extended at the top.

Types - The baritone voice is commonly subdivided as follows:

''Dramatic baritone'' is a voice with a somewhat heavier, darker quality. A typical role for dramatic baritones in opera is a villainous role, like Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio.

''Lyric baritone'' is a voice that is lighter and perhaps mellower than the dramatic baritone. It is probably the most common of the baritone voice types. A typical role for a lyric baritone in opera is a comical role, like Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.

''Verdi baritone'' is a more specialized voice category, referring to a voice capable of singing consistently and with ease in the highest part of the baritone range, perhaps even up to the A above middle C. A typical role in opera for Verdi bartiones is similar to the dramatic baritone: a cold-blooded villain, like Germont in Verdi's La Traviata, or Scarpia in Tosca.

Barbershop baritone - In barbershop music, the baritone part sings in a similar but somewhat lower range to the lead (singing the melody), but has a specific and specialised role in the formation of the four-part harmony that characterises the style. Because barbershop singers can also be female, there is consequently such a singer (at least in barbershop singing) as a female baritone.The baritone singer is often the one required to support or 'fill' the bass sound (typically by singing the perfect fifthfifth above the bass root). On the other hand, the baritone will occasionally find himself harmonising above the melody, which calls for a tenor-like quality. Because of the nature of barbershop arrangements the baritone part is invariably the most challenging to learn and the hardest to improvise.

Famous baritones -

Classical music -

Sir Thomas Allen

Robert Allman

Pierre Bernac

Piero Cappuccilli

Jorge Chaminé

Dale Duesing

Sir Geraint Evans

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Tito Gobbi

Matthias Goerne

Hakan Hagegard

Thomas Hampson (singer)Thomas Hampson

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Bruce Martin

Sherill Milnes

Robert Merrill

Alexander Podolkhov

Titta Ruffo

Vladimir RuzdjakVladimir Ružđak

Donald Shanks

John Shirley-Quirk

Gérard Souzay

Neil Warren-Smith

Giuseppe Taddei

Bryn Terfel

Gregory Yurisich

Popular music - ''NOTE: In most cases, it is not possible to find a reputable source for the vocal range of pop singers. It seems most names are listed here on an empirical basis. It must be noted that in the pop world, the vocal range of a singer is often artificially enhanced.''

Rick Astley

Paul Banks

Bo Bice

Pete Burns

Jeremy Castle

Nat King Cole

Bing Crosby

Ian Curtis

Neil Diamond

Billy Eckstine

Ian Gillan

Robert Goulet

Josh Groban

Davy Jones

Huey Lewis

Carlos Marin

John McCrea (singer)John McCrea

Jim Morrison

Billy Ocean

Elvis Presley

Kenny Rogers

Graham Russell

Frank Sinatra

Joe Williams

Pat Boone

Gary Glitter

Ringo Starr

David Sylvian

Levi Stubbs

Ruben Studdard

Gackt

Chris Cornell

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